Welcome to Ysgol Cribyn’s Community Benefit Society!

A Message from the Committee

Our aim is simple: to collaboratively buy Ysgol Cribyn (the village’s former community school) and develop it into a vibrant and inclusive community centre. Central to the project is the launch of a community shares issue which will, in turn, allow us to bid for National Lottery and similar public support schemes.

The Vision

Now that Ceredigion County Council no longer requires the building we have an unique opportunity to collaboratively invest in the asset on behalf of the community. The council has given Cribyn a 6 month window to move ahead with the purchase. If we fail to take this opportunity the building will be placed on the open market.

A core part of the project is to convert the smaller classroom into an affordable home. This will not only provide a young, local family with a comfortable home, but it will also be a source of sustainable income for the upkeep of the community centre.

Cribyn is well-known as a welcoming and vibrant community. When the school closed (2009) Cymdeithas Clotas was formed to counteract the negative effects. Central to its efforts has been celebrating the community’s rich social and cultural heritage whilst simultaneously encouraging and enabling newcomers to gain knowledge of the history and engage with the present-day process of community. It is from this inclusive desire that the Ysgol Cribyn project has developed.